Improved fire-screen



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H. P. GENGEMBRE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED FIRE-SCREEN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,622, dated August 29, 1865.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, H. P. GENGEMBRE, ot' Pittsburg,in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Fire-Screen; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a front View. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view; 'and Fig. 3 is a side view, with a section of the hre-place and mantelpiece to which my screens are attached.

Similar letters ofreferenceindicate like parts in the three igurcs.

This invention consists in an improved adjustable re screen or screens suspended or attached to one or more movable arms or brackets so attached to the mantel-piece, tire-front, or stove as to allow the screens to be turned or shifted in any position required, either for use or to putt-hem out of the way when not required.

C represents the mantel-piece. D is the masonry or briclnwork. F is the lire-front, and G is the tire-grate.

S S' represent the screens, which in the drawings are shown as made of silk, but can be made of any material or shape to suit convenience and taste.

T T are arms or brackets, to which the screens S S are suspended by the cords, chains, or wires h h.

The arms TT have at one end a longitudinal slot, t t", to allow of the screens being at pleasure brought nearer or farther from the re by sliding them on that slot. The other end ofthe arms T 'I' is provided with a Hat disk, H, which is fastened at its center only to the mantel-piece, either above or belowl the shelf, so as to allow of the arms or brackets T T being turned in any of the positions represented in the drawings. The arms T T can be constructed in any other suitable manner, either by joints or sliding edges, to be lengthened or shortened at pleasure, and will answer the saine purpose as the mode represented in the drawings.

I have represented the arms T T as made of wood. They can be made of metal or any other material, and then would be constructed of a shape best adapted to the material used. The screens can be made of any desired shape or size, of silk, of pasteboard, of paper stretched on a frame or hanging as a drapery. They can be madeofmetal or wood varnished, japanned, or enameled to suit convenience and taste.

The screens can be hung or fastened to the brackets, arms, or supports by cords, chains, &c., or by screws, pins, hi'lges, or hooks.

The whole arrangement can be varied in many ways, so as to adapt itself to the different styles ofmantel-pieces, lire-fronts, or stoves,

or to harmonize with the general furniture ot' a room, or to suit peculiar tastes, without losing its general character, which has been fully specified.

The advantages derived from this new lirescreen are easily appreciated, and its operation is clearly illustrated by the drawings. Having no support or sta-nd below, it allows all the rays of heat to arrive without impediment to the feet and limbs of a person seated near the lire-place, while it ettectually protects the face from the glare ofthe iire, and as soon as the screens are not needed they can be turned sidewise, as shown in Z, and are entirely out of the way.

lol-aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The sliding screen or screens S S', the slotted arm T, and disk H, the whole arranged and operating as and for the purpose specified.

H. P. GENGEMBRE. lL. s] Witnesses:

W. W. BRADsHAw, PHILIP R. KINGAID. 

